{
 "answer": "In the Summer Village of West Cove, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Summer Village of West Cove Land Use Bylaw 417-16, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 0.91 m. (3.0 ft.). Max height rear side: 1.83 m. (6.0 ft.).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000472",
 "municipality": "West Cove",
 "status_type": "Summer Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.svwestcove.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Summer Village of West Cove Land Use Bylaw 417-16",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-08-25",
   "document_url": "http://www.westcove.ca/tiny_uploads/pdfs/bylaw-417-16-land-use-bylaw-august-25-16-as-adopted.pdf",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw caps residential fences at 1.83m (6ft) behind the principal building's foremost point and 0.91m (3ft) in front of it, requires Development Authority approval for taller fences, and bars fences/trees/hedges over 0.9m within corner sight triangles.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "a68211b128f638b807013a72b571daa6ccea9f71c359cc1a40574a06b47b11db",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "417-16",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a68211b128f638b807013a72b571daa6ccea9f71c359cc1a40574a06b47b11db.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.83 m. (6.0 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "0.91 m. (3.0 ft.)",
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "On any corner site, no person shall erect, place or maintain within the sight triangle a wall, fence, shrub, trees, hedge, or any object over 0.9 m. (3.0 ft.) in height above the lowest street grade adjacent to the intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "electrical or barbed wire fences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 4.16(1)(a)(i)(A)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 4.16(1)(a)(i)(B)",
    "permit_required": "s. 4.16(1)(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 4.12(3)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.2(d)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/west-cove/fences/bylaw-417-16/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/west-cove/fences/"
}